Frederica habitually reached for her waist. In the past, there would have been a dagger there, for dealing with all sorts of sudden situations.
Beasts, monsters, or the most common and most dangerous of all—people with ill intent.
Her first reaction was that the two girls before her were people with ill intent.
Telling strangers they had extra tickets was utterly impossible in the eyes of northerners. Either they were swindlers, or they were scouting the area for bandits.
Did they take her for an amateur? Frederica almost laughed. After sitting on a ship for days, she had been wanting to stretch her limbs.
But when she reached for it, her dagger was gone. Only then did she remember that she was wearing only inner armor and had brought no weapon. She immediately clenched both fists and raised them before her, taking up a guard stance. She could handle these two barehanded.
Mage Zete hurriedly grabbed Frederica.
He signaled that this was Twin Towers City. At most, these two young girls were scalpers reselling tickets, or planted shills arranged by some merchant. There was no need to hit them too hard.
Across from them, Galina and Yuffie were utterly bewildered.
They simply could not buy ordinary tickets and had been forced to purchase a private box, so they wanted to find two people to share the cost.
They had seen this old-and-young pair studying the signboard for quite some time, so they figured they were interested and went over to ask.
But what was with all the pulling and posing? Was this how outsiders greeted one another?
Galina decided to return courtesy with courtesy. Since the tourists had greeted them, she, a local of Twin Towers City, could not fall short on manners.
So she copied Frederica, raising both fists